Lot 223

Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation, extract from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I.,first edition in English, [1901].

Hammer Price: £5,500

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Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, extract from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].

The first publication in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word "genetics" and headed an informal "school" at Cambridge devoted to studying Mendel's theories.

Description

Mendel (Gregor) Experiments in Plant Hybridisation. With an Introductory Note by W. Bateson, extract from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. XXVI. 1901. Part I., illustration, some scattered spotting, pencil inscription to endpaper crushed brown half morocco by Bumpus, light sunning, [cf. Garrison-Morton 222; Norman 1490], 8vo, [1901].

The first publication in English of Mendel's landmark Versuche uber Pflanzen- Hybriden. William Bateson (1861-1926) became the principal populariser of Mendel's ideas after reading the present work in the original German in May 1900. He would go on to coin the word "genetics" and headed an informal "school" at Cambridge devoted to studying Mendel's theories.

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